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UNDERWORLD In Space?? Beckinsale In 3-D??
Merrick here...
Variety says Len Wiseman will direct another installment of the UNDERWORLD franchise - in 3-D. The piece says this version of UNDERWORLD is "spatialized", presumably lending credence to early rumors that the fourth installment in this series would have something of a space setting.
THIS piece at Bloody Disgusting indicates that Kate Beckinsale could return, although possibly in a limited capacity.
sources tell us she's trying to find a way out of the film -- or at least have a smaller role in order to "pass the torch" to one of her kindred (yes, she has not one, but two daughters at this point).
...says BD.
Beckinsale in 3-D doesn't sound so bad. Too bad no one's perfect Touch-O-Vision - that would make this a gooooddd movie.
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THAT IS ALL.
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Possible.
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...get some backbone and stop letting Speedman molest your wife on film. GROW A PAIR.
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Possible.
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in tha hood
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Thanks James Cameron for this. Fortunately I don't give a shit about this or Transformers. I am not instituting a 3-D ban.
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which could drive an entirely new technology! Feel-O-Vision! Ohhhh Kate Kate Kate... you and Krista Allen together in one scene, in one place, under one thin little sheet, demurely peeking over the edges.. THAT is the ultimate dream movie scene right there!
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Fucking Cameron's fault!
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LMMFAO! Shit, I would give the role to Mark Valley of Human Target before speedman.At least mark was actually a gulf war veteran while Speedman doesn't look like he can hold his own.And that beaker on his face doesn't help either.
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It's Kate Beckinsale in 3FUCKIN D!! sign me up!!
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? If vampires cant age, if Beckinsale's character had vamp babies, wouldn't they always stay as babies?
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Feb 03, 2010 12:21:32 PM CST
Is there so little original ideas to warrant another sequel?
by kravmaguffin
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Also, its a movie, he's not going to actually be, you know, fighting villains or anything.
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Werewolves and vampires in space??? WTF!
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Because no one demanded it.
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That was actually a serious project at one time, but not the actual title. A big director was actually going to helm it too.Space is the last vestige of ideas and I can't imagine how this could possibly work. I think it's most likely a joke.
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I kinda liked Jason X. I mean, it was cheesy, but it in a fun sort of way. And that's exactly what this type of movie should be, fun.
It could work in Underworld since vamps are immortal. It would also provide an interesting sort of actions. Just imagine. Zero G fights. Even more vicious Lycans who are spurred on by a 24-7 full moon. It could be fun. Put a nice Aliens spin on it.
Did they kill off Rhona Mitra's character in Underworld 3? I don't remember. If not, they could bring her back. She was a good stand-in for KB. -
We are truly living in a reniassance in cinema. Fuck me sideways. I'll stay home and watch Lost, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and the rest...fuckin' bread dead morons in Hollywood.
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Learn fucking english.
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You know, no moonlight. And the vampires wouldn't ever get any sleep.
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Werewolves on the moon, wasn't it? The lupine version of "30 Days of Night" seemed to be the basic pitch.
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Coolio is available.
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She was an up and coming star, and never really proved herself. Snow Angels was the best I've seen her be, and that was a very small movie, and very few people saw it. Too bad, she is indeed gorgeous. This Underworld franchise is crap though. Vampires in Space with Len Wiseman? PASS.
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Compared to movies like Transformers 2, Gi Joe and Spider-Man 3, the Underworld series is Citizen Kane. And made with about 20% of the budget that those cinematic atrocities had.
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ooooops
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That's what I learned from the link. I followed it to try to figure out in what context "spatialized" means "in outer space."
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...a 3-D lapdance if I'm gonna pay money to see that crappy franchise in the theater.
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just refer to the "who gives a fuck file" It's in there with 3-D TINO.
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Seems like it'll be computer animated, which goes with the Seuss people swearing off any more live-action adaptations of his works, God bless 'em.
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Feb 03, 2010 1:05:35 PM CST
Vampires in Space? Sounds like one of my lame ideas.
by stereotypical evil archer
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Only decent info to come out of the link. The Lorax was always my favorite Suess book. Anywho, the word spatial means of or existing in space, and while a dumbass could infer that this means the movie takes place in space, it's painfully obvious to anyone who can actually read that it's referring to the 3D mentioned in the same fucking sentence. You know, for some fucking variety.
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Get a fucking dictionary.
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In sound terms, it means projecting the sounds in a way to denote the location of their sources in space (not outer space). So surround sound making something seem to come from behind you, or whatever. I think the article's writer just wanted to use a fancy word for "3D".
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Feb 03, 2010 1:12:44 PM CST
We're talking about Len Wiseman using the term "spatialized"
by stereotypical evil archer
So that means tight leather butts in SPACE.
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Feb 03, 2010 1:18:57 PM CST
If I was a space vampire I'd slit people's throats and suck...
by flickapoo
...the floating blood droplets out of the air with a bendy straw.It'd be fun!
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So it should actually be called "OVERworld!" ha...
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That's actually worth the price od admission right there.
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the price "of"
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Wank Fest.
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It's not a word. Spatial is. And while it does pertain to space, it doesn't mean outer space.
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So is there going to be a televised coinflip between Will Ferrell and Steve Carell to determine who plays the Lorax then?
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I have not enjoyed any of the UW films, and I hold a grudge againt Wiseman for ruining my precious "Die Hard" series. He almost feels like a Michael Bay clone at this point. Let him loose on a new non franchise related project to see what he can do. Enough with the Vampires.
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I wanna see that
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Maybe they'll stop making them? Think it over.
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Sorry, but it had to be done. I dont know how you take an idea as inherently cool as Vampires vs Werewolves and louse it up as bad as they did the first one ... and then make a seque even worse! Now they have to add a whole new dimension to encompass the suck. Anyway, enough about those assholes. We're just giving them what they want by paying attention. The real revelation here is the LORAX movie, if that can possibly be true. And if it is... God help us all. Ted Geisel is apt to claw his way out of his casket and enct a terrible and whimsical vengence on all of us.
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Oh wait, I forgot...
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Unfortunately, A-cup sized actresses like her an Kiera Knightly just won't "stand out" in the next generation of films.
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Remember when Star Wars first came out, everything had to be like Star Wars? And then, when E.T. came out, everything had to be E.T.'d, and then, Jurassic Park, and The Matrix, and now the new trend is to make everything kind of resemble Avatar, from space settings, to 3-D, but what made Star Wars, unique, E.T., Jurassic Park, The Matrix, or Avatar, is that they were largely trying to do their own thing, one way or another, and not jump on a trend--no, they chose to be the trend setters, not trend followers--and in being a trend setter, that is where becoming legend starts, and making the really big money, begins!!!
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is we have to support films like District 9. which he argues is a much better film avatar. more and more people will opt for big budget films like avatar. if avatar wins at the oscars. you can kiss goodbye to small films like D9.
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Not really but wouldn't doubt it. All this 3D non-sense needs to stop and the only way to do it is to not buy into the products, which include the TV sets to come out this year. Filmmakers need to start focusing on good, original story telling and quit taking the easy way out with gimmicks like 3D, spin-offs, TV show movies and remakes/reboots.
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A little waste of money?
Ok, the Underworld movies are not the worst franchise in history, but I still think they are one of the biggest waste of a good opportunity. They teased us that this franchise was going to The Matrix with werewolves and vampires, but what they gave us was a werewolf and vampire movie without a a decent plot, characters,or dialog. -
"District 9" and "Paranormal Activity" were WAY more profitable than "Avatar" and even big studios can only afford so many $200 - $300 Million blockbusters. Don't worry, there will always be a niche for smaller genre films because they are almost guaranteed to turn a profit and studios want to make a cheap buck.
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Just for the irony of it. Nowadays, I don't think he is even aware this is going on.
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He has a small movie franchise that allows him to cash a pretty decent sized check every few years. I don't enjoy the movies, but in bigger, general terms, this guy only has to work 6-9 months once every 3 years or so to make enough money to support himself and his family, and on top of that, he's shacking up with Kate Beckinsale.
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After reading that article, it is CLEAR AS DAY, that there is NO CHANCE IN HELL this film has anything to do with "space".I dream of a day when this site isn't written by spaztic, drooling mouth-breathers. Alas, that is not today.
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...that you know nothing about. It's obvious that you do not, because you are speaking to one who practiced all things satanic and you still deny what I'm telling you is true - even though it is a part of the testimony of my salvation."That's how I'm going to begin all posts in regular Talkback from now on.
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because none of the directors doing them have a tenth of the passion, talent and commitment of Jim Cameron. He has the film industry at his feet.
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youre not in transylvania anymore dorothy.
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fucking suck? And how much did Timothy "I only have one facial expression in my acting repertoire P.S. I'm also a huge douche" Olyphant suck as the villain? I would say "quite a lot"...
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you know it's gonna happen
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Watch out for that guy's huge wang that's comin at ya! And then cummin at ya! Do a barrel roll!
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Come up with something new.
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want to be known as the sequel/remake guy. Why not do something that's not a sequel or a remake then?
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Feb 03, 2010 4:49:12 PM CST
Space Werewolves... wear its always a full moon.
by stereotypical evil archer
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No 3D film will be as good as Avatar
by kwisatzhaderach
Hey dude did you get any of that cameron stuff on your face.
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Underworld had one thing going for it -- super hottie Beckinsale in a tight leather catsuit. That's it.
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All you AICN homophobes would have been SOOOOO traumatized by big blue penis dangling off the screen...
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Feb 03, 2010 5:50:40 PM CST
The Director's Cut of Live Free or Die Hard is much better.
by tedkordlives
Well, better than the theatrical cut, anyway. It's 200% more Die-Hardy just on the basis of him getting to actually speak his FUCKING CATCHPRASE. But yeah, Timothy Olyphant still sucks. In fact, he's the worst villain in Bruce Willis' entire career as an action hero.
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...she looks like an aging, flailing trout. No wonder Michael Sheen dumped her.
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I wouldn't have liked to be at that conversation over dinner, " Honey did you pick the dry cleaning up ? Ring the gas man ? Write me out of your piece of shit vampire franchise ?" !!!!!!!
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Has anyone seen 'Whiteout'? I'm curious as to how that turned out.
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When there is no Die Hard 4? There are only three Die Hard movies in existence. I don't know what you people are talking about.
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Not only does he get to pork Kate B each night, he also has a cash cow in Underworld to top up his bank balance every few years. For someone with such limited talent he is living the life any one of us losers would kill to have. Good in him.
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Wonders why they all are shot with that annoying blue hue?
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...not so good.
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....'spatialized' is indeed a only a reference to the movie being in 3D.Now if it was claimed to be 'space-ialized' on the other hand, then yes, we might have had the ridiculous notion of a 'space' setting for werewolves etc.
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Don't laugh...Hollywood would stoop that low.
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And so do you.
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I thought he was trying to be funny, but I think it is just ignorance. Also, all the talkbackers hating on space, you are special.
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But if there's anything that SHOULD occupy the same space as my face, it's Kate Beckinsale! (Hops about and claps hands together animatedly like Gene Wilder in Silver Streak)
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Nobody cares about this film, 3D or not. Fuck off opportunists!
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Isn't Kate Beckinsale pushing 40?
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It's mine, fuggas.
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Too bad, indeed.
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really??? i hope they don't blow this.
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Oh, wait....
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Don't fool yourselves, you know you want it. Cameron says so. And Kate isn't half-bad in Laurel Canyon.
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Yeah, you can use that one.
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But wouldn't vampires be at a bit of a disadvantage in space? in space? I mean unless you're somewhere very specific or not anywhere near earth, there's gonna be a full moon. So full wolf version of the opponent. Not to mention, the sun's going to be out most of the time. Unless they're in orbit I guess... Which they probably would be... Nevermind.
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could work
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pigs in space
vampires in space
jason in space
hellraiser in space
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How in the world was D9 more proftable then Avatar? D9 made about 175$ million wordlwide after it broke even. Avater has made about 1.8 billion after it broke even. In no way shape or form has D9 or Paranormal Activity been more profitable then Avatar. Perhaps relative to budget PA did better, and D9 might have BARELY done better, but who cares about that? Fox spent a shitload more money on Avatar, but they are seeing a shitload more back then other movie.
I mean would you rather buy something for 1$ and sell it for 10$, or buy something for 5$ and make 50$ back? Sure your making 10x the dough back with the first scenario, as opposed to 5x with the second, but your still making MUCH more money back with #2. -
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I dont get what the big deal and controversy was over it. Blue dude-ity is not real- unless omeone fucked a toilet bowl bar. I was more focused on the bad lip sync issues on his cgi face. The blue dick between his legs was a non issue for me, and I think one of the aicn guys said something about it being huge or huger than normal. That was an average sized dick, that or I'm well hung I guess. We didnt have showers at my highschool and i never played school sports. As you get up there in years, nothing really bothers you anymore. If Manhattans blue cock fucked up the film for you, or it's one of the first things you think about when you think about the movie. Then there is something wrong with you.
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As a rule of thumb, a film needs to make back about three times it's production budget to break even. This is because you have to consider marketing costs, and the theaters also take a cut of the ticket prices (they don't just hand over every cent to the studio). Also, if a film makes most of it's money overseas (like Avatar) the studio only sees back about half of that because foreign distribution costs are VERY high. Assuming Avatar's budget was $250 it needed to make $750 to breal even. So it still made a shit load of profit but not as much as you might think. And if we're talking about ROI (return on investment) then D9 and Paranormal Activity both had a better ROI than Avatar.
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There WERE vampires and werewolves in the Matrix Reloaded. Just in case you missed them. Rogue programs I think they were explained as.
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Now is the perfect time for its re-imagining. They can cast Sam Worthington as Dogen.
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"Isn't putting one dimensional characters in 3D a little waste of money?"
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Witness the holocauts in glorious 3-D! With photorealistic CGI nazis.
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No, AVATAR characters were TWO dimentional. The one dimentional characters movies are the Transformers and JJ's Trek.
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Speaking of Metalstorm, the 80's sci fi flick Spacehunter with Molly Ringwald was in 3-D if I remember correctly.
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...this concept is bullshit!
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does that mean the White House has been "racialized" ???
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That's what it sounds like to me.
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Read Roger Corman's "How I made a Hundred Movies In Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime." The production budget of "Avatar" isn't even close to what they actually spent on the film, whereas it's much easier for even a bad horror or genre film to turn a profit even if superficially it seems like it bombed. Finally, the best case scenario is to be a small studio, like The Asylum, that has churns out movies with low production costs like "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus" that have tremendous appeal in overseas markets. Then the profit, meager when compared to that of "Avatar," only has to divided among a relatively small group, unlike, you know, News Corporation. Why I wasted this lesson on pseudo-economics on some twelve-year old "LOTR" fan is beyond me, but I'm just going to own it.
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The people behind the Underworld series are doing what other makers of franchises have done when their franchises got tired: they decided that the story would be more interesting in a space setting (see Hellraiser: Bloodline and Jason X for examples.) Interestingly, when the Alien franchise, set in space, became tired, it moved down to Earth for the AVP movies.
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Pale skin, blue eyes, no wonder kb's willing to pass the torch, she prolly already feels like being trapped by the charaqter Selene
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just like most CG movies are shit and most color movies are shit for that matter. But 3D kicks ass when used properly
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You are correct sir.
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Feb 05, 2010 6:43:30 AM CST
Underworld 4 (no longer in 3D) Sony / Screen Gems 9/23/11 1/21/1
by jsscript2007
As per Box Office Mojo updated new release dates.
Underworld 4 (no longer in 3D) Sony / Screen Gems 9/23/11 1/21/11
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